Eyeglass-case.



No. 636,|76. Patented Oct. 3|, 1899.

I w. m. PURDY.

EYEGLASS CASE.

(Application filed Jan. 10 1899.)

(No Model.)

IN VE N TOR A TTOl-YNEYS.

WILLIAM MAONEVEN PURDY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THEODOREMUNDORFF, OF SAME PLACE.

EYEeLAss-cAss $PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,176,dated October 31, 1899. Application filed January 10, 1899. Serial No.701,771. (No model.)

To a whom it nary concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MAGNEVEN PURDY, of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Eyeglass-Case, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in eyeglass-cases designed tostiffen the case, so as to prevent the case from bending longitudinallyor on a line transverse to the case, and also to afford a protection forthe clips or nose-pieces of the glasses, so as to prevent their beingcrushed or broken.

My invention comprises the novel features hereinafter shown anddescribed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention with a portion of the uppersurface of the case broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-section upon the line2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of my device,the upper half of the case being removed; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionof the form shown in Fig. 3.

In cases as ordinarily constructed for holding eyeglasses they areeither very large and cumbersome if made stiff, so as to protect theglasses, or if made thin and flexible they will permit bending of theglasses on transverse lines, so as to make them liable to break, or willnot protect the clips or nose-pieces, and they will be liable to becrushed and injured.

The object of my invention is to make a case of that kind which is openat one end and which shall be in the main constructed of flexiblematerial, but which shall have a stiffening core preventing bending upontransverse lines and serving to protect the clips.

The outer walls of the case may be constructed of flexible leather, asin the ordinary flexible case. Between the two sides of this case is,however, inserted one or more cores or stiffening-pieces, which hold thetwo sides of the case apart a sufficient distance to protect the clipsand at the same time stiffen it, so as to prevent the case from bendingin piece B.

such manner as to injure the glasses. In Figs. 1 and 2 two such cores orstiffeningpieces are employed. The piece B lies within the convex edgeof the case and is shown as having a central recess b, adapted toreceive the spring-bow D, connecting the two lenses G. Within theopposite edge of the case is a second stiffening piece or core O, whichis also shown as having a central recess O, which accommodates the lowerends of the clips or n0se-pieces E.

The two cores or stiffening-pieces B and O are separated from each otheron a central line by a considerable space, formingachannel F, whichaccommodates the nose-pieces E upon the insertion or withdrawal of theeyeglasses. The recess 1) may be omitted from the core or stiffeningpiece B, if desired, and the bow D be permitted to lie upon the uppersurface of said core or stiffening piece. This construction is shown inFig. 3. In Fig. 3, however, only one stifiening member or core B isemployed and is placed within the convex edge of the case. In thisinstance the bow D lies upon the surface of the core or stiffening Theclips E in such case should be of that form in which they are offsetfrom the center line of the glasses, so that their upper ends will notproject materially above the upper edge of the bow D. The form of thecore or stifiening piece will vary according to the kind of glasses forwhich it is intended. For those in which the nose-pieces project abovethe glasses materially the core-piece B should be recessed, so as toreceive the bow or clip D.

It is essential for the proper working of such a case as this that acentral space be left between the two cores, so that the case may becompressed in the direction of its width, and thus to open its end inorderthat the glasses may readily be inserted or removed. Thisconstruction leaves the case flexible upon a longitudinal line, butstifi upon a transverse line. It makes a very simple case, which is neatin appearance and is also cheap in manufacture and convenient in use. Itwill also thoroughly protect the glasses and prevent damage theretowhile being carried in the pocket.

and flexible transversely, substantially as described.

3. A case for eyeglasses, havingalongitudinal stiffening-core extendingalong one edge and having one edge tapering from the center each waytoward the ends and having one side beveled from its inner to its outeredge, and a flexible cover about said core the cover being secured onlyto the beveled side of the core.

YVM. MACNEVEN PURDY.

Witnesses:

H. L. REYNOLDS, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

